State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,525 Minnesota births in 1919 across 784 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Minnesota more than they say America.

#81Luellaoutside the national top 200
#54Marcella#171 nationally
#92Carol#200 nationally
#95Lowelloutside the national top 200
#68Joyce#173 nationally
#96Deloresoutside the national top 200
#98Kermitoutside the national top 200
#100Myronoutside the national top 200
#78Fern#176 nationally
#73Ervin#169 nationally
#77Adeline#172 nationally
#42Elaine#136 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy858US #3
#2Helen756US #2
#3Mary733US #1
#4Margaret641US #4
#5Ruth503US #5
#6Evelyn465US #11
#7Lorraine392US #62
#8Irene335US #16
#9Alice331US #13
#10Florence330US #14
#11Mildred315US #6
#12Lucille313US #27
#13Bernice282US #42
#14Marie276US #12
#15Doris269US #18
#16Frances268US #9
#17Elizabeth249US #8
#18Virginia244US #7
#19Gladys238US #21
#20Betty234US #15
#21Marjorie227US #33
#22Esther226US #38
#23Eleanor208US #30
#24Marion195US #44
#25Lillian194US #17
#26Marian192US #82
#27June179US #64
#28Hazel178US #32
#29Violet178US #74
#30Lois171US #40
#31Edna169US #22
#32Jean169US #37
#33Agnes165US #50
#34Ethel163US #28
#35Rose158US #19
#36Phyllis153US #84
#37Shirley141US #89
#38Grace138US #34
#39Myrtle138US #67
#40Viola137US #58
#41Anna136US #10
#42Elaine131US #136
#43Gertrude130US #39
#44Harriet127US #113
#45Vivian127US #72
#46Catherine126US #23
#47Edith126US #29
#48Leona120US #90
#49Pearl116US #56
#50Louise115US #20
#51Ruby114US #24
#52Dolores113US #124
#53Elsie110US #47
#54Marcella107US #171
#55Martha105US #25
#56Ann104US #49
#57Sylvia101US #77
#58Eileen100US #103
#59Beatrice99US #41
#60Clara97US #43
#61Loretta96US #118
#62Audrey95US #115
#63Muriel95US #133
#64Katherine92US #51
#65Mabel92US #78
#66Charlotte90US #79
#67Geraldine89US #68
#68Joyce89US #173
#69Kathryn88US #66
#70Genevieve86US #88
#71Jane84US #53
#72Jeanette84US #135
#73Ellen81US #92
#74Maxine80US #85
#75Norma79US #83
#76Verna78US #131
#77Adeline75US #172
#78Fern72US #176
#79Josephine72US #26
#80Patricia71US #114
#81Luella70
#82Anne69US #63
#83Bertha68US #52
#84Eunice67US #119
#85Jeanne67US #130
#86Barbara66US #60
#87Blanche66US #97
#88Eva66US #55
#89Laura66US #71
#90Marguerite66US #96
#91Julia64US #48
#92Carol63US #200
#93Stella63US #70
#94Vera62US #65
#95Thelma60US #31
#96Delores59
#97Pauline59US #36
#98Emma58US #45
#99Kathleen56US #101
#100Ida55US #57

Boys

#1Robert1,041US #4
#2John869US #1
#3Donald608US #17
#4William537US #2
#5George447US #6
#6James436US #3
#7Harold398US #13
#8Raymond366US #14
#9Edward340US #8
#10Richard333US #12
#11Kenneth323US #26
#12Joseph286US #7
#13Charles281US #5
#14Arthur279US #19
#15Walter276US #11
#16Frank241US #9
#17Clarence218US #25
#18Howard202US #24
#19Earl193US #31
#20Ralph193US #22
#21Paul190US #15
#22Roy188US #32
#23Harry185US #20
#24Leonard184US #39
#25Elmer182US #44
#26Lawrence178US #38
#27Gordon167US #86
#28Vernon166US #65
#29Albert165US #18
#30Carl165US #29
#31Lloyd165US #58
#32Stanley164US #37
#33Henry162US #16
#34Thomas159US #10
#35Melvin156US #56
#36Eugene150US #33
#37Francis146US #34
#38Herbert135US #40
#39Arnold133US #94
#40Clifford133US #60
#41Leo133US #49
#42Bernard130US #45
#43Edwin129US #52
#44Norman128US #48
#45Russell126US #50
#46Ernest121US #36
#47Marvin119US #63
#48Victor118US #68
#49Lester117US #62
#50Alvin106US #76
#51David103US #27
#52Gerald103US #70
#53Leroy103US #55
#54Fred95US #30
#55Harvey95US #85
#56Theodore94US #54
#57Floyd93US #59
#58Jack93US #21
#59Louis93US #28
#60Chester88US #53
#61Glenn88US #84
#62Wallace86US #107
#63Alfred84US #42
#64Jerome83US #134
#65Willard79US #87
#66Peter73US #57
#67Orville71US #133
#68Warren69US #83
#69Lyle67US #153
#70Philip67US #71
#71Andrew65US #47
#72Milton65US #73
#73Ervin63US #169
#74Martin63US #81
#75Frederick62US #64
#76Douglas60US #121
#77Wayne58US #90
#78Herman57US #61
#79Daniel55US #51
#80Clayton54US #149
#81Vincent54US #72
#82Leslie53US #105
#83Maurice53US #108
#84Roger52US #124
#85Glen49US #116
#86Morris49US #100
#87Joe47US #35
#88Anthony44US #41
#89Everett44US #93
#90Ray44US #69
#91Gilbert43US #102
#92Roland43US #119
#93Ronald43US #171
#94Allen42US #101
#95Lowell42
#96Oliver41US #128
#97Clyde40US #67
#98Kermit40
#99Michael40US #46
#100Myron40

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑34Shirley#37
↑20Loretta#61
↑20Philip#70
↑18Clayton#80
↑15Warren#68
↑14Martha#55
↑13Muriel#63
↑13Frederick#75

Falling

↓23Marcella#54
↓22Vera#94
↓18Verna#76
↓16Jane#71
↓16Ellen#73
↓16Adeline#77
↓16Josephine#79
↓14Alfred#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.